Improved weather-strep



@sind @twine A. Ml' coR'B.1T',"oF BETHLEHEM, IOWA.

Leners Patent No. 95,773, zum october 12, 1869.

IMPROVE!) WEATHER-STRIP.

The Schedule referred to in the-le Letter! Patent and making part of the same.

To vall whom it may concern have invented certain new andV useful Improvements in feather-Strips; Vand do hereby declare that the following is.,a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.'

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a. cheap and simple Weather-strip, and in the arrangement of the devices hereinafter set forth and explained.

Figure l is a perspective of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical Vsection view of the same.

Letter A represents a door, which is hung upon its frame in the usual manner.

Upon the lower part of the door there is secured a curved metal plate, B, which extends from one side of the frame to the other.

At the end of this strip there is a small metal plate, c, extending downward and backward with the door,

and which prevents the lever e from wearing or inj ur- .as a bearing for the pivot, on which the plate G turns.

The plate at the outside of the door is stationary, but the one at the inner side (the side where the door is hinged) is pivoted, at its upperrend, by a screw vor other suitable means, as seen in g. 2, so that it can be turned inward, toward the hinge of the door, whereby I am enabled to easily remove the' stripG, for the purpose of cleaning the same, and removing any sand, dirt, Ste., that may pass underneath.

The front part of the plate G rests upon the bevelled part of the door-sill, until the closing door strikes against the lever e, which, bearing against its under side, as shown by dotted lines in fig. 1, raises it above the level of the sill, when the bottom of the strip B catches under it and raises it up, until it forms a secure and safe protectionagainst both wind and rain.

The rod i, which serves as a pivot to the plate G, is made to extend all the way across, so as to give strength to the plate, and prevent it from being mashed down when trodden upon.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent, is-

A1. The strip G, pivoted by means of a rod, fi, extending under the strip from side'tc side, in the two plates H H, one of which is stationary and the other movable, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the strip G, rod i, and

Witnesses ARTHUR NELSON, J. IP. A. FLEURY. 

